Yes, I agree with you Penangsang, but not a derivation, a corruption possibly by a person who did not speak the language.
The "vieled durga" hilt is found in Jawa, where some of the people who carve them simply call them "wadon" :- woman.
They are supposedly found in Bali and I don't know what they're called there.
If we accept the Palembang hilt that started this discussion as a variation of the same type of hilt, they are found in the Palembang area of Sumatra.
In Palembang a dialect of Malay called Musi is spoken. Maybe there is a connection. Maybe.
But before I accept "balu mekabun" as a legitimate local name for this hilt, I would need to see some hard evidence that both the names currently used for this hilt form are not the invention of somebody who was not a part of any S.E. Asian culture.
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